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E-Verify Connection (PDF) is an e-newsletter for all employers and employees. The latest issue has useful information about enhancements to myE-Verify and a new webinar platform for Form I-9, E-Verify, myE-Verify, and Employee Rights webinars. There are also other helpful topics related to employment eligibility verification as well as a helpful Form I-9 tip.
Starting May 10, the new DHS Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degree Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension from the previous 17 months to 24 months is in effect. More guidance for employers, students and designated school officials is available at:
USCIS recently changed the appearance of certain Permanent Resident Cards (Form I-551), also known as green cards. An increasing number of green cards are being issued with the words “Signature Waived” in place of the lawful permanent resident’s actual signature. Read the USCIS Web Alert for more information.
Visit I-9 Central to see the website’s new look. You will find new interactive layouts and improved navigation, making it easier to access to your topic of interest. Browse the:
Multi-media Learning Center
User- friendly glossary
Improved display of FAQs
Employee rights and tips to prevent discrimination
As of July 1, 2016, employees who are F-1 students enrolled in curricular practical training (CPT) must present the redesigned Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status, issued by ICE to complete Form I-9. Previous versions of Form I-20 containing a bar code are no longer acceptable. Designated school officials began issuing the redesigned Form I-20 to F-1 students enrolled in CPT on June 26, 2015.
E-Verify Connection is an e-newsletter for all employers. The February issue of E-Verify Connection (PDF) has useful information on Form I-9 processing and other topics related to employment eligibility verification.
On September 3, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months effective September 3, 2015, through March 3, 2017.
The Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Guinea, Liberia and
On April 16, 2015, The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee met with the USCIS Verification Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, DC. During the meeting, USCIS officials responded to questions submitted by AILA representatives on a variety of E-Verify and Form I-9 related topics, including Form I-9 rehire rules, guidelines for addressing E-Verify noncompliance and E-Verify communication to employees.
On October 23 E-Verify announced the following three new enhancements that make E-Verify more user friendly: